Sermon Archive (Page 21)

Watch or listen to sermons preached from the pulpit at Fairview Baptist Church.

A Matter of the Heart

We consider the importance and application of Jesus’ teaching that “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Every thought, attitude, word, and behavior flows from the heart. If we are to avoid hypocrisy and grow as disciples, we must learn how to understand the heart and how to behold God and his truth to change the heart into Christlikeness. Passage: Luke 6:43-45

Leaving Judgmentalism Behind

This sermon examines Jesus warning about a judgmental or critical spirit stemming from a heart of self-righteousness. Disciples of Christ are called to show the forgiveness, mercy, and grace we’ve received through Jesus Christ. This is a call to see your sin and turn to Christ in repentance and to find peace in him and strength to love others. Passage: Luke 6:37-42

Loving Like God

This sermon continues to examine Jesus’ command to love our enemies. The key to loving our enemies is to imitate the love of God. We can do this because we have received this love and are enamored with this love. If we sing about this love, let us also live in light of this love. Passage: Luke 6:31-36

Loving Your Enemies

This sermon considers what it means to love our enemies and how we can do that in the grace that God provides. Here is a call to be other-worldly in our dealings with our opponents. Timely and needed in our present hour. Passage: Luke 6:27-31

Blessing and Woe

This sermon begins our study through Jesus’ “Sermon on the Plain.” Here we see a stark distinction between those who follow Jesus for wrong motives. This is a call to be blessed in Jesus and his kingdom rather than in the false hopes of the world. Passage: Luke 6:17-26

Prayer and Common Men

This sermon looks at how Jesus calls twelve to be his apostles. Jesus spends all night in prayer and then calls common men to go in his name to the ends of the earth declaring the good news of the kingdom of God. God works the same way today. So let us pray and go in Jesus name. Passage: Luke 6:12-16

The Beauty of Biblical Sexuality

Pastor Tim Stephens preaches on the beauty of biblical sexuality. This sermons examines the foundation of male and female, marriage, and sexuality as God’s blessing to the world. Here is an explanation of Genesis 1 & 2 concerning God’s creation of humanity and a refutation of the lies of our day. Passage: Genesis 1:26-28

A Statement on the Criminalization of Conversion Therapy

This past week, Bill-C4 has become law in Canada. It is now a criminal offense to advertise, promote, or engage in conversion therapy. What is conversion therapy? The law states, “conversion therapy means a practice, treatment or service designed to (a)”‚change a person’s sexual orientation to heterosexual; (b)”‚change a person’s gender identity to cisgender; (c)”‚change a person’s gender expression so that it conforms to the sex assigned to the person at birth; (d)”‚repress or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behaviour;…

Lord of the Sabbath

This sermons examines the continued conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees. He continues to draw attention to himself as the object of worship, devotion, and salvation. Here is an opportunity to see Jesus as Lord of the Sabbath and the glory that entails. Passage: Luke 6:1-11

The End of Satan’s Tyranny

When Jesus Christ appeared, he appeared to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). This verse along with many others teach the triumph of Christ over the devil through his ministry on earth. The church must know that authority and power of Christ if we are to be faithful in making disciples of the nations. Here is a call to be hopeful in a world of sin. The risen King is with us! Preached: January 2, 2022. Text:…